Ben Horowitz

You know, it's not, we have integrity, right?

We have each other's backs, or like some of these, like, whatever platitudes people say.

It's like, how do we behave exactly?

Like, what are the behaviors?

The samurai have a great kind of line, which is, a culture is not a set of beliefs, it's a set of actions.

And so, what do we mean by behaviors?

Well, like, do we come to the office or not?

Do we, like...

do we go home at five or do we stay longer?

Do we, if somebody asked me a question, do I get back to them like instantly or in a week?

You know, like all those kinds of things end up mattering.

Like, do we believe the best idea wins or does it like matter who was the founder?

You know, all that stuff,

you kind of have to agree on as a team, and like very specifically, not like just like some highfalutin idea, and then you have to live by it.

And then if you have that, if you have a standard, if you have a cultural standard,

then if somebody's not living up to that standard, then it's a simple thing.

If you have no standard and people aren't living up to the way you want them to, then you're pissed.

But then that just starts infighting.

Then it gets political, right?

Because it's like, well, why the fuck is he going home?